"lopper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: loppers [plural]
Etymology: From lop + -er. Etymology templates: {{wp|+s}}, {{suffix|en|lop|er}} lop + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} lopper (plural loppers)
  1. A person who lops.
    Sense id: en-lopper-en-noun-MlxrJo8p Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er, People Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 47 53 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0
  2. A gardening tool used for lopping. Synonyms (gardening tool): loppers
    Sense id: en-lopper-en-noun-8zhQPkva Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'gardening tool': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: loppers [present, singular, third-person], loppering [participle, present], loppered [participle, past], loppered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} lopper (third-person singular simple present loppers, present participle loppering, simple past and past participle loppered)
  1. (intransitive) To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk. Tags: intransitive Related terms: lapper-milk
    Sense id: en-lopper-en-verb-0DmtgGfd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 26 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 6 20 17 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 17 14 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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